Brush



Nb. 6ll,249. Patented Sept. 27, I898. R. L. HALL.

BRUSH.

(Application filed. Aug. 27, 1897.)

(No Model.)

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NIT-ED STATES I PATENT OFFICE.

ROYAL L. HALL, OF OTSEGO, VVISOONSIN.

BRUSH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 611,249, datedSeptember 27, 1898.

Application filed August 27, 1897. Serial No. 649,685. (No model.)

My invention relates to an improved brush I that is particularlydesigned and adapted for brushing the hair or shampooing the scalp of aperson; but a brush of substantially the same form and construction maybe used for brushing the hair or fur of animals.

The invention consists of the device and its parts and combination ofparts or their equivalents, ashereinafter described and claimed.

Figure 1 is a central longitudinal section of the complete device. Fig.2 is a view of the complete device from that side'which is at the bottomin Fig.1. Fig. 3 is a detail showing a modified form of construction.

In a general way my improved device consists of a revoluble brush A,mounted in a case B. The brush A consists of a body 0, preferablycylindrical in form, to which are affixed a large number of tufts ofbristles D, preferably arrangedin a number of series, each seriesextending from one end to the other of the body 0. The tufts D areformed of stiff bristles or fine elastic wires or analogous material.The brush A is mounted revolubly in the case B, preferably by means ofan axle E, extending longitudinally and axially through the body 0,which is fixed thereon and has its bearings in the case B. This axle Eis provided at one end with a cranked handle F, by which the operatormay rotate the brush.

The case B, preferably constructed of sheet metal, consists of a chamberG at its front end of substantially such size and shape as to receivetherein the brush A and permit its free revolution and an ancillarychamber H, extending rearwardly from the chamber G and being acontinuation thereof in that direction. This chamber 11 is provided withan aperture olosedby a door or slide I, which door is mounted on thecase in such manner as to be adapted to slide freely thereon over thedoor-aperture, being thereby adapted to close the aperture or to bewithdrawn there from. The slide I for this purpose is preferablyprovided with overturned flanges K K, which take onto correspondingflanges on the case B, whereby the two parts are held together movably.

An enlarged opening L in the case opposite the brush A permits the brushto be brought into contact with the hair or scalp at this opening Thisopening is preferably located just in front of the chamber H, so thatany dust or foreign matter taken up by the tufts of the brush is carriedby the revolution thereof rearwardly and deposited in the chamber H, andthe accumulations in that chamber may be removed from time to time byWithdrawing the door I.

The case B at its front end is in curved form, and the aperture L,through which the bristles or tufts of the brush project, is so lo catedthat its walls are in convex form concentric with the axis of the brushand at such distance therefrom that no other adjacent part of the caseprojects farther from the axis of the brush or, in other words, there isno adjacent projecting part of the case that would prevent the exposedpart of the brush from being pushed into the hollows or depressions inthe anatomy of a horse or other animal, so that the brush can get at theskin or hair in these depressions or hollows of the animal, where dustis most liable to settle and that are most important to clean bybrushing. In fact, the case is so constructed and the brush is solocated therein that the device can be used to clean all parts of ananimal, even the hollows or depressions about" the neck and shouldersand rear legs at the articulations with the body. I

A more rapid rotation of the brush is sometimes desired, that can bereadily got byrotating it by hand by means of the cranked handle F,integral with the axle E, on which the brush is mounted, and toaccomplish this more rapid rotation readily a pinion M is put on theaxle E and a larger pinion or cogwheel N, meshing therewith and mountedon the side of the case, is employed in connection with a cranked handleF, fixed'in the Wheel N.

What I claim as my invention is- A shampooing device, comprising a caseformed at one end on a curve and having an aperture across the case inthe curved por tion thereof, the curve being concentric with the axis ofan inclosed cylindrical brush, said cylindrical brush in the casejournaled in its side Walls and closely inclosed by the case except atsaid aperture where said brush is exposed through the aperture andexcept at the rear Where there is a dust-chan1ber, said dust-chamber insaid case at the rear of the brush, a door closing a door-aperture at 10the rear of the dust-chamber, and means for rotating the brush.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

ROYAL L. HALL. Witnesses:

ANNA V. FAUST, (J. T. BENEDICT.

